june intro log overflow

[hohnkai]

This is an overflow for the intro post.

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[redshitlord]

[His face scrunches up. Which looks hilarious on a giant robot.]

Uhhh.

I... like the red ones?

That counts as a feeling right?

[squadgoals]

[Shep's head falls, and there's a moment where all you can see is her heaving shoulders while she takes a moment of silent mirth. After a second or so, her head jerks back up, and she gives Sideswipe a smile.]

It does! Good job!

Wanna help me pick some out?

[redshitlord]

[He tilts his head a little more, trying to see her face. Did he say something wrong? He can't tell from this angle, unless he laid down on the ground or something.]

What, really? You mean it?

[squadgoals]

Absolutely. I'm going to get a saltwater setup for my room, and I need someone who knows their... red fish. [Her face looks slightly pained a second, the consequences of speaking while trying your damndest not to laugh.

She gestures over to the front of the shop, where there's several saltwater tanks, all full of different crazy-looking fishes. She makes a sweeping gesture at the display with one arm, the other on her hip.]

What's good, Sideswipe?

[redshitlord]

... Okay.

[SOUNDS FAKE BUT OKAY.]

[He won't really question it. Because so far she's been really cool. And non-judgmental. Even after he woke her up in the middle of the night. So, of course, he'll at least make the attempt at finding a decent fish.]

Uhhhh... what about...

[He reaches out to very carefully point out a school of red and black fish]

Those guys?

[squadgoals]

[Shifting her attention to his point, the corners her of mouth twitch up again. Freshwaters.]

They're great, just what I'm looking for.

Okay, me next. These ones. [Here, she points at a vibrant pair of clownfish.] What do you think?

[redshitlord]

Cool. I figured they went with... y'know. All of me.

[As he flashes her a fingerguns. Before looking at the little clownfish.]

... Kinda cute. But kinda hard to see when they keep hiding in the wiggly thing.

[squadgoals]

The wiggly things are their home. They have an agreement with the wiggly things.

[redshitlord]

So if you get the orange ones... you need a wiggly thing, too.

[squadgoals]

They don't need a wiggly thing, but they'd certainly appreciate a wiggly thing.

[redshitlord]

But if they've got an agreement with the wiggly thing, you can't break it up!

[squadgoals]

Alright, we won't break up the band. Two tiny orange fish, and a wiggly thing.

You're up, Sideswipe. Pick me a good one.

[redshitlord]

Okay... uh.

What about the blue ones. With the yellow fish hands?

[squadgoals]

Blue ones with... what?

[redshitlord]

The fish hands!

On the sides!

[He gestures to some blue tangs -- with yellow fins.]

[squadgoals]

[Fish hands. Why correct it? It was beautiful, perfect, and she might never hear it again. On the other hand...]

Ah, I see them. Easy mistake — for fish, those are actually called "fins". I like the cut of that fish's jib. Hey, you're a natural at this!

What do you think of that guy? I like the look of his nose. Beak. Mouth? [She circles her finger around a tank with a little yellow fish zooming around.]

[redshitlord]

Oh... well. I kind of like 'fish hands' better. More descriptive.

[Complete with eyebrow waggle.]

[Until he turns to the fish to observe.]

Whoa, it's so... long. How does it not bump into stuff?

[squadgoals]

I'm... not sure. [A thought.] Maybe the same way we don't bump our head into every low-hanging branch?

[At this, she looks Sideswipe up and down.]

High-hanging branch?

[redshitlord]

Yeah, I guess... still though. You'd think it'd hit a few things.

[Because fish are dumb, right?]

And I've got sensors.

[squadgoals]

Me, too — but I normally just call them "eyes".

Fish likely have the same sense of spatial awareness as the rest of us.

[redshitlord]

How can his eyes see all the way down that nose?

[ARE THEY REALLY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION? yes, they are.]

[squadgoals]

Well, how can you transform into a car? [She chuckles, waving her hand dismissively in front of her face, before Sideswipe takes her seriously.]

What I'm saying is, everyone's got their own way of doing things. Same goes for the fish. Maybe he's looking at us and going, "how do they move with all those limbs and no fins?"

[redshitlord]

Mechanics and stuff! Like... science?

[He says it both questioningly and like it's obvious. Somehow.]

... do you really think he can think words with his fish brain?

[squadgoals]

Maybe he's thinking fish words. Or maybe he's just thinking, "scary big walking fish???"

[redshitlord]

... Fish. Words. Dude?